Free Brooklyn Bridge Walking Tour

Tour lead by a 30-year resident of the area who is a license NYC Tour Guide, having lead hundreds of tours over seven years. You'll learn history of the places, buildings and people as well as local color, locations shoots for major films and tv shows, even where some of your favorite stars call home.

City Hall: Where General George Washington read the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution was born. Other nearby places of note: City Hall, Municipal Building, Woolworth Building, St Paul's Chapel, Tweed Courthouse.

Bridge Promenade: Marvel at unprecedented views of the New York Harbor, Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines while suspended 133 ft (40.5 m) over the East River. Learn the amazing history of the 16 year effort to build this remarkable 19th century monument to science and art.

Brooklyn Civic Center: Includes the Juneteeth Grove and tribute to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and to Brooklyn's proud place in the slavery abolitionist movement. Other sites include Brooklyn's Borough Hall (built 1848), city and state courts, and the site of Brooklyn Dodger's front office, which Jackie Robinson became the first black player in MLB.

Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims: This parish, founded in 1847 and led by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, is dubbed the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad because of its part in spiriting enslaved people to Canada, and its activism in the slavery abolitionist movement.

Brownstone Brooklyn: This parish, founded in 1847 and led by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, is dubbed the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad because of its part in spiriting enslaved people to Canada, and its activism in the slavery abolitionist movement.

Brooklyn Heights Promenade: This balcony cantilevered over the Brooklyn waterfront offers the best view of Manhattan skyline you'll find in the Big Apple.

Brooklyn Bridge Park: Built on retired shipping piers, this 85-acre expanse of picturesque woodlands, lawns, tidal pools, basketball courts and soccer fields is one of NYC's newest, biggest and most innovative park spaces. Learn about Brooklyn's shipping history, and sustainable design principals employed in park while drinking in breathtaking views of the city.

Fulton Ferry Landing: Top eating destinations now populate the earliest site of Brooklyn's 19th century urban development.

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza: We'll cover the history of building of the Bridge and the part the Roebling family played, all while enjoying a refreshing break under the shadow of the Bridge.

Dumbo Manhattan Bridge View: We'll stop by one of NYC's most instragrammable spots for an iconic photo op under the Manhattan Bridge, surrounded by DUMBO's historic warehouses and factories. DUMBO is today one of NYC's hottest neighborhood as the industrial buildings have been transformed into posh shop, swanky eateries and some of the city's most desirable loft homes.

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